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«The Car of the Future»

Shift

Subway

Generation

In many respects

To predict

Front –wheel

To burn

Fuel

Urban cars

Errand

To lease

Occasion

Light weight steel alloys

Reduction

Graphite-fiber

To allow

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THE CAR OF THE FUTURE”

  1. Most experts agree, that, while there will be no massive shift to buses and subways in the next generation, the typical car of the future will differ in many respects from the one most people drive today.

  2. Automotive engineers and other authorities predict that cars, will become smaller, lighter and considerably more expensive. Most will have front-wheel drive, and more will burn diesel oil or more exotic fuel.

  3. More two-passengers urban cars, some of them powered by electricity, will be used for commuting to work and running everyday errands, but the six-passenger family automobile will not disappear completely.

  4. Big cars being too expensive to operate for everyday use, people may prefer to rent or lease one for special occasion such as summer vacations.

  5. Greater use of plastics, aluminum and lightweight steel alloys is expected. Further weight reductions could be achieved if the cost of light, super-strong graphite-fiber materials can be brought down to levels economical enough to allow their use.

Answer the questions

  1. Will the typical car of the future differ from the one most people drove today?

  2. What do automotive engineers and other authorities predict?

  3. What will most of them have?

  4. What will they be used for?

  5. What about the six-passenger family automotive?

  6. Why will people rent big card?

  7. What materials will be used?

  1. Complete the sentences

    1. Most experts agree . . .

    2. The typical car of the future

    3. . . . predict that cars . . .

    4. . . . will have front-wheel / drive . . .

    5. . . . will be used for commuting to work and running everyday errands

    6. But the six-passenger family . . .

    7. Greater use of . . .

    8. People may prefer . . .

  1. Give equivalents to the following words and word-combinations.

    1. next generation

    2. massive shift

    3. typical car

    4. in many respects

    5. predict

    6. considerably

    7. two-passengers urban cars

    8. everyday errands

    9. six-passenger family automobile

    10. to operate

    11. to rent

    12. to lease

    13. special occasion

    14. greater use

    15. light weight still alloys

    16. to allow their use

    17. weight reductions

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  1. Retell the text in brief or make your

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Highway and Street Intersections

Conditions Affecting Design. The multiple of conditions which affect the design and treatment of highway intersections includes the class and type of each intersecting road, the topography, the number and direction of the intersecting roads, the amount of turning movement, and the development of the land adjacent to the intersection.

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